The Dragons Teeth (Show 1 of 3) Aired February 10, 12 and 14, 1941
This juvenile adventure series was first broadcast on Mutual in 1940 with Clayton (Bud) Collyer starring as Superman/Clark Kent. It first began as a fifteen-minute show but later, in 1949, it moved to ABC as a thirty-minute Saturday show with Michael Fitzmaurice as Superman. At the end of its thirteen-year run it had totalled over 1600 episodes. The opening for the show was one of radio’s best, setting the stage for those flights into fantasy with a cascade of voices, narration and sound effects. “Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!” “Look! Up in the sky!” “It’s a bird!” “It’s a plane!” “It’s Superman!” The scripts by B.P. Freeman and Jack Johnstone were directed by Robert and Jessica Maxwell, George Lowther, Allen Ducovny and Mitchell Grayson.Sound effects were created by Jack Keane, AlBinnie, Keene Crockett and John Glennon. Cast : Superman: Bud Collyer (1940-1950), Michael Fitzmaurice (1950-1951) Lois Lane: Joan Alexander, Rollie Bester, Helen Choate. Perry White: Julian Noa. Jimmy Olsen: Jack Grimes, Jackie Kelk. Jor-L: Ned Wever Lara: Agnes Moorehead. Narrator: George Lowther (1940-1942), Jackson Beck (1943-1951), Ross Martin(1951). Airing in the late afternoon (variously at 5:15pm, 5:30pm and 5:45pm), the radio serial engaged the young after school audiences.
THIS SERIES: Superman - THE DRAGON'S TEETH (10 Episodes)
February 10, 1941. Program #157. Mutual network. Commercials added locally. The start of a new adventure. The secret of eternal life is to be found on the ten teeth of the green dragon! This story would be used on the program again in five years, starting March 15, 1946.
February 12, 1941. Program #158. Mutual network. Commercials added locally. Dr. Wan asks Perry White to guard nine of the ten teeth of "The Green Dragon," but Perry White collapses from poisoned tea! Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen follow Perry White and Clark Kent to Chinatown, but Dr. Wan cannot say where they went. There's more poisoned tea to come! Bud Collyer, Julian Noa, Jackie Kelk, Joan Alexander. 12:25.
February 14, 1941. Program #159. Mutual network. Commercials added locally. Superman saves Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane from the poisoned tea. Evil Walter Hoffman appears in Dr. Wan's apartment and kills him to get the teeth of "The Green Dragon." Bud Collyer, Jackie Kelk, Joan Alexander. 12:49. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.
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